Development Ledger · Middle East & North Africa
United Arab Emirates
HDI rank 15 of 193High incomeGDI group 2
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.940
+0.227 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.866
7.9% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
82.9 yrs
Expected schooling 15.6 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$71,142
Mean schooling 13.0 yrs
HDI over Time
United Arab Emirates against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.968
Education0.867
Income0.992
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.67. A child born today will be 67% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
United Arab Emirates against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.